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3. Wittgenstein (and magpie
mind)
Wittgenstein is my friend; I take him with me as I
swim about in the sea of language/mind/matter. (I also keep a bit of
Einstein up my sleeve.)
2. Againt Method
It is possible to retain what one might call the
freedom of artistic creation and to use it to the full, not
just as a road of escape but as a necessary means for discovering and
perhaps even changing the features of the world we live
in. - Paul Feyerabend
1. Open-source software
Once again, this hacker model resembles Plato's Academy,
where students were not regarded as targets for knowledge transmission
but were referred to as companions in learning. In the Academy's view,
the central task of teaching was to strengthen the learner's ability
to pose problems, develop lines of thought, and present
criticism. - Pekka Himanen